Do You Have a Picnic Basket?

One of the true pleasures of warm weather is eating outside. I love picnicking on a blanket with a bottle of wine and some delicious picnic goodies. My old picnic basket had seen better days, so I was happy to pick up this lovely Vermont-made picnic basket at a flea market over the weekend. Do you have a picnic basket at your home?

While living in New Zealand I came to know the "Picnic Basket" as a "Hamper". So, pack your Hamper and off to the beach you go for Christmas dinner, including lot's of "bubbly" in the "chilly bin"! Rember, in the So. hemisphere it's Summer at Christmas...fresh Strawberries, raspberries, go nice with the "bubbly"!

I actually just bought a lovely picnic basket online (www.christmascentral.com) I can't wait until I can us it. Maybe I'll take the grand kids out for an afternoon picnic, or better yet a romantic picnic with my hubby!!

I have a mini-igloo that works great. I :heart: the traditional baskets (ie, Longaberger) but would only want one if it had a "cooler" feature in it to keep things cold otherwise you would have to bring a cooler of some kind anyway. Would love to find one at a garage sale!!!